Homeopathic medicines are aimed at improving the level of health by stimulating the
self-regulatory mechanism. Improving the level of health implies reducing any
disease process as well as the susceptibility to illness and disease. That means that
it is not limited to certain diseases but is universally applicable to all kinds of
diseases. It can often be used as a first option in certain medical conditions, keeping
more costly and potentially toxic treatment as a second option. In addition, it can
offer therapeutic options where conventional treatments have failed or where
conventional treatments do not exist for the problem, where they are contraindicated
or not tolerated. In many disorders homeopathy should be a first choice treatment
instead of a last resort.
In many cases of chronic disease Homeopathic treatment can achieve results which
would be considered impossible with conventional treatment. The therapeutic
possibilities, however, depend on how much irreversible damage has, or has not,
occurred, and on the extent to which the organism is able to recover. If the distortion
is too great, the damage too severe, the disease highly infectious or life-threatening,
the condition becomes more suitable for the stronger methods of conventional,
allopathic medicine. Limitations are specific surgical indications, deficiency diseases
and very serious diseases in which gross anatomical changes have evolved.
However, in incurable stages of a disease Homeopathic treatment may relieve a
patient to a large extent.
In injuries and accidents, homeopathic treatment can be of immense value.
Homeopathy can even help if surgery is necessary. Homeopathic medicines can be
given both pre-operatively and post-operatively to speed up healing and to
counteract any effects of anxiety, shock and anaesthetics. In general, patients
treated with homeopathy make a much more rapid post-operative recovery than
patients who have not had this treatment.
